---
name: "Chema Ruiz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chema-ruiz"
fi1m_id: "chema-ruiz"
imdb_id: "nm2329908"
tmdb_id: 102226
wikidata_id: "Q121600177"
roles: []
born: "10 June 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T21:52:36.879747+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Chema Ruiz

## Identity

Chema Ruiz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chema-ruiz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chema-ruiz
- **IMDb ID:** nm2329908
- **TMDB ID:** 102226
- **Wikidata ID:** Q121600177
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121600177, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2329908/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/102226

Actor. Born 10 June 1967 in Pamplona, Navarra, Spain.

## Details

- **Born:** 10 June 1967, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
- **Active:** 2009–2017
- **Also known as:** Chema Ruíz 
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 66 (1), 2010s 75 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Thriller 2, Crime 1, Horror 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $65m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121600177, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2329908/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/102226

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Skin I Live In*](https://film.one/film/the-skin-i-live-in.md) (80)

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## Biography

Chema Ruiz is a Spanish actor. He was born in Pamplona, Navarra, in 1967.

His film credits include *Broken Embraces* (2009) as Dr. Blasco and *The Skin I Live In* (2011) as a police officer. On television he has appeared in *Money Heist* (2017) as the Minister of the Interior, *Locked Up* (2015) and *La que se avecina* (2007).

*Sources: imdb.com, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Money Heist* (2017), Fi1m 70, as Ministro de Interior — [page](https://film.one/tv/money-heist.md)
- *The Skin I Live In* (2011), Fi1m 80, as Police officer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-skin-i-live-in.md)
- *Broken Embraces* (2009), Fi1m 66, as Dr. Blasco — [page](https://film.one/film/broken-embraces.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Alpha Males* (2022), series, as Abogado
- *Madres: amor y vida* (2020), series, as Doctor Santos
- *Caronte* (2020), series, as Presidente club de fútbol 2020
- *Money Heist* (2017), series, as Ministro de Interior — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/money-heist.md)
- *Locked Up* (2015), series, as Responsable del Comité
- *No Rest for the Wicked* (2011), as Abogado Lora
- *The Skin I Live In* (2011), as Police officer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-skin-i-live-in.md)
- *For the Good of Others* (2010), as Héctor
- *Broken Embraces* (2009), as Dr. Blasco — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/broken-embraces.md)
- *La que se avecina* (2007), series, as Matías, Jesús Torres

## Gallery

- ![Chema Ruiz](https://film.one/media/person/980086/gallery-099f0717cd74.jpg) Chema Ruiz — Image via TMDB
- ![Chema Ruiz](https://film.one/media/person/980086/gallery-b749e0b02851.jpg) Chema Ruiz — Image via TMDB
- ![Chema Ruiz](https://film.one/media/person/980086/gallery-8ca97500c3a7.jpg) Chema Ruiz — Image via TMDB

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/chema-ruiz